Sheila Watt-Cloutier is a Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, recipient of an Order of Canada in 2006, and former international chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, but most importantly is a proud Inuit citizen of Kuujuaq. She has been trying to raise awareness of the affect the melting of the Arctic is having on the communities who depend on the ice and snow for transport and hunting. Her goal is to teach people about the importance of the Arctic.
"It [the Arctic] cools the rest of the planet. When it breaks down, it has an impact around the world."
Watt-Cloutier is currently a visiting scholar at Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick and continues to fight for the rights for the Inuit as she considers climate change a human rights issue for the Inuit people. Another project of hers is attempting to ban the pollutants which have been poisoning the Arctic food chain. Mrs. Sheila Watt-Cloutier carries a very important and heavy message, the Arctic affects us all. We are already beginning to feel its effects with the rise in temperatures and the time is now to stop this.
No comments:
Post a Comment